supported by grants from the 111 Project(No.B16047,China);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81473205,81673433,81803521,and 81872860);Major Project of Platform Construction Education Department of Guangdong Province(No.2014GKPT002,China);Special Program for Applied Science and Technology of Guangdong Province(Nos.2015B020232009,2014B020210003 and 2013B090700010,China);National Engineering and Technology Research Center for New drug Druggability Evaluation(Seed Program of Guangdong Province,2017B090903004,China);Guangzhou Science and Technology Program Project(No.201604020121,China);Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.A2018078,China)
The clinical application of doxorubicin(DOX) in cancer chemotherapy is limited by its lifethreatening cardiotoxic effects. Chrysophanol(CHR), an anthraquinone compound isolated from the rhizome of Rheum palmatum L., i...